SMITHILLS HALL ( near ) BOLTON ENGLAND .. throughout time скачать в хорошем качестве

SMITHILLS HALL ( near ) BOLTON ENGLAND .. throughout time

Smithills Hall is a Grade I listed manor house.and a scheduled monument in Smithills, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the slopes of the West Pennine Moors above Bolton at a height of 500 feet (150 m), 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of the town centre. It occupies a defensive site near the Astley and Raveden Brooks. One of the oldest manor houses in North West England, its oldest parts, including the great hall, date from the 15th century and it has since been altered and extended, particularly the west wing. Parts of it were moated..The property is owned by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council and open to the public. GHOSTS A mischievous spirit is said to pinch staff and visitors bottoms, and there have also been reports of visitors being touched, particularly near the stairs between the Bower and Solar rooms. A lady in a period dress has also been seen to walk the stairs. People have reported smelling burning wood, and orbs have been regularly caught on camera. A small boy with long black curly hair known as Tommy has been felt in the Solar room by mediums. The presence of a young girl has also been touched on. People who have been in the withdrawing room have seen figures dressed in soldier uniform walking past the windows outside. They’re thought to be Royalists soldiers who passed through here during the Civil War. The church plays host to a grey lady who has been seen sitting in one of the front paws and a spirit who has been seen kneeling at the altar. George Marsh, a local curate, was tried in the courtroom here and was sentenced to death at the stake. His footprint is said to be left in the flagstone on the way up to the room where he was held. One of the residents removed this, but it was reported that there was an uproar of poltergeist activity, and it was placed back facing the wrong way. People have refused to enter the room because of the feeling of a malevolent spirit lurking around there. The most recent report of the paranormal was that of a short figure with black hair and old clothes being seen crouched down near a tour guide in the Tea Room. The guide later looked at the Foxe’s Book of English Martyrs’ and was shocked to see how similar George Marsh was. On many occasions, the shop manager in the Hall has been looking into a particular mirror only to see a tall man with bushy white hair dressed in black standing in the doorway and sometimes near the stairs. When the house was a residential home, security guards regularly reported horses galloping outside the front of the house.